DoD Taps Students for Foreign Language Recruitment Ideas
DoD has announced the winner of a national case study competition it held to acquire marketing strategies on how best …More
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The NICCP program, designed to eventually encompass intelligence jobs in 16 agencies, reflects several common themes in pay for performance …More
Intelligence Community to Get Pay for Performance System
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has announced a new “national civilian compensation program” that it says will …More
Union Launches Ad to Resist Medical Vouchers for Vets
The American Federation of Government Employees is running a national radio spot in a bid to get Congress to “fully …More
Split on Whether Flexibilities Trump Traditional Selection
Half of the respondents using direct-hire authority, the student career experience program and the federal career intern program said they …More
Managers Report Little Training on Use of Hiring Flexibilities
Just 18 percent of federal managers and supervisors surveyed by OPM recently said they have received training on the use …More
MSPB High on OPM
OPM’s "assessment decision tool" can help selecting officials find out more about a particular assessment method or develop an overall …More
Contracting Restrictions Also Included
The bill also takes several actions directed at concerns the Armed Services Committee has raised this year regarding DoD’s use …More
Repeal of BRAC Commission Among Provisions in Defense Spending Bill
The House fiscal 2009 defense spending bill would scrap the base realignment and closure commission. According to a summary of …More
Task-Oriented Sites Recognized at Government Web Manager Conference
A recent conference attended by over 400 government web managers focused on new collaborative technologies that could help agencies work …More
Witnesses: Funding Increase Needed
There emerged somewhat of a consensus at the hearing that more money is needed. SSA’s deputy commissioner for operations, Linda …More
GAO: Baby Boomer Retirements Strain Social Security Workforce
Reduced personnel in the Social Security Administration’s field offices face increasing challenges as baby boomers begin retiring, GAO told the …More
Another $2 Billion for NASA Requested
A bipartisan group of 30 Representatives has called on senior lawmakers to include $2 billion in funding for NASA as …More
Senators Have Questions About Cyber-Security Initiative
The chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, …More
Mental Health Treatment Question for Security Clearances Revised
DoD, OPM and OMB have approved a revision to a widely used national security clearance questionnaire, SF-86, regarding mental and …More
SES Diversity Bill Moves Forward
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has passed a bill designed to improve race and gender diversity in the …More
FDA Announces Hiring Push
The FDA has announced plans to fill over 1,300 positions in the next few months as part of a multi-year …More
Senate Panel Marks Up Defense Spending Bill
The Senate Armed Services Committee has completed its markup of the fiscal 2009 Defense authorization bill. The bill includes provisions …More
Executive Award Nominees Sought
Nominations are being sought for the Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership. The award is granted by the American …More
GAO: Email Record Keeping Shabby
Many emails have the status of federal records, which must be managed and preserved in accordance with the Federal Records …More
Background Investigations 60 Percent Complete for New ID Cards
In its second aggregate review of agencies’ public posting of status reports for implementing Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, meant …More
Contracting Bills Pass House
The House has passed three "open government" bills targeting federal contracting. The "Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act," HR-3033, directs …More
EPA Scientists Report Political Interference
A non-profit advocacy group, the Union of Concerned Scientists, has reported that 889 out of 1,600 EPA scientists responding to …More
DoD Making Progress Lowering Cost of Space Systems, GAO Says
DoD is making progress with efforts to rapidly deliver low cost space capabilities, but challenges remain as it continues to …More
Wage Grade Employees Eligible for Travel Comp Time
OPM has told agencies that effective with travel on or after April 27, they must provide wage grade employees with …More
CBO: Cost of Telework Bills Moving Through House and Senate Marginal
The Congressional Budget Office has said that a telework bill approved by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and …More
OPM Revamps Telework Website
OPM, in partnership with GSA, has given telework.gov a makeover, improving usability and presenting what amounts to a walk through …More
EEOC Issues Guidance on Hiring of Disabled Veterans
The EEOC has put out new guidance on the interplay between several laws that affect the employment rights of disabled …More
Lawmaker Questions New GSA Advisory Panel
The chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Henry Waxman, D-Calif., has sent GSA administrator Lurita Doan a …More
VA Steps Up Veterans Hiring Effort
The Veterans Affairs Department has created a new Veterans Employment Coordination Service to oversee the Department’s program to recruit new …More
